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| International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 |
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| ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 638 ***************** 12-5-01 |
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2001 POST-SEASON RESULTS:
NL Division Series:
PIRATES defeated DODGERS, 3-2
NL Division Series:
REDS defeated PHILLIES, 3-1
AL Division Series:
RED SOX defeated ROYALS, 3-2
AL Division Series:
BLUE JAYS defeated RANGERS, 3-1
NL Championship Series:
PIRATES lead REDS, 3-2
AL Championship Series:
BLUE JAYS defeated RED SOX, 4-1
The complete scoresheets, boxscores
and series totals for all post-season
series can be found at the IRBL web
site.
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PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:
The CUBS traded A.J. PIERZYNSKI, CUBS'
3RD round pick, CUBS' 4TH round pick
to the PADRES for JAY BELL, JOSH
PAUL, EDDIE TAUBENSEE, BRIAN
ANDERSON.
The CUBS released MANUEL BARRIOS, CAM
CAIRNCROSS, LARIEL GONZALEZ, RICK
KRIVDA, YOVANNY LARA.
The WHITE SOX traded FRED MCGRIFF to
the ROYALS for ROYALS' 2ND round
pick.
The WHITE SOX traded PEDRO BORBON,
STEVE KLINE to the PADRES for DOUG
GLANVILLE, PADRES' 4TH round pick.
The ROYALS traded TOM GLAVINE, JAY
WITASICK, ROYALS' 4TH round pick to
the CARDINALS for MARK BUEHRLE,
CARDINALS' 6TH round pick.
The PADRES traded to the TWINS for
STAN JAVIER.
The ROYALS traded RICHARD HIDALGO,
JOSE ORTIZ, ROYALS' 1ST round pick
to the BRAVES for SHAWN GREEN.
The RANGERS traded RANGERS' 1ST round
pick, RANGERS' 3RD round pick to the
BRAVES for CRAIG COUNSELL.
The RED SOX traded RED SOX' 1ST round
pick, RED SOX' 3RD round pick to the
BREWERS for JEFF REBOULET, KEVIN
APPIER, KEVIN GORDON.
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The ROCKIES traded CHIPPER JONES, TODD
WALKER, JEFF SUPPAN to the RED SOX
for ALEX RODRIGUEZ.
The BREWERS traded RON GANT, MIKE
LINCOLN, OMAR OLIVARES to the
RANGERS for RANGERS' 2ND round pick,
RANGERS' 4TH round pick.
The ROYALS traded CARLOS GUILLEN to
the PHILLIES for JEFF NELSON.
The PHILLIES traded CHRIS RICHARD,
RANDALL SIMON, PHILLIES' 1ST round
pick to the PIRATES for SHAWON
DUNSTON, ROGER CLEMENS, JEFF
ZIMMERMAN.
The WHITE SOX traded ERIC MUNSON, JUAN
PIERRE, MATT GINTER to the TWINS for
CHAN HO PARK.
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Final Penalty Summaries:
Below are the final lists of penalties
and credits that will be applied to
the team draft order.
TOT=PUP+LSP-CR TEAM MANAGER
--- --- --- -- ---- -------
38 35 6 3 ORIOLES C.Salerno
9 6 7 4 CARDINALS D.Tobin
9 6 7 4 WHITE SOX C.Hopkins
7 7 CUBS M.Boling
7 7 TWINS K.Nascene
6 10 4 EXPOS C.Williams
3 3 DEVIL RAYS S.Smith
3 6 3 BLUE JAYS B.Meyers
2 2 INDIANS J.Mattfeld
2 2 PIRATES R.Diaz
1 1 ANGELS M.Cummings
1 1 ASTROS M.Ranney
1 1 BREWERS J.Mattfeld
1 1 GIANTS M.Mayko
1 1 PHILLIES J.Parker
Legend:
TOT: Total penalties
PUP: Player Usage Penalties
LSP: Late Series Penalties
CR : Credits
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The following is the revised team
draft order (counting LSP's, PUP's and
credits but not counting trades):
PRELIMINARY SECOND ROUND
1 DIAMONDBACKS 31 DIAMONDBACKS
32 MARLINS
FIRST ROUND 33 ROCKIES
34 BLUE JAYS-1
2 DIAMONDBACKS 35 ATHLETICS
3 BREWERS-P 36 MARINERS
4 MARLINS 37 ANGELS-2
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5 ROCKIES 38 BRAVES
6 ATHLETICS 39 TIGERS
7 ANGELS-1 40 BREWERS-2
8 MARINERS 41 TWINS-2
9 BRAVES 42 GIANTS-2
10 BREWERS-1 43 CARDINALS-2
11 TWINS-1 44 METS
12 GIANTS-1 45 YANKEES
13 CARDINALS-1 46 RED SOX
14 TIGERS 47 DEVIL RAYS-2
15 METS 48 WHITE SOX-2
16 DEVIL RAYS-1 49 PADRES
17 WHITE SOX-1 50 RANGERS
18 INDIANS-1 51 ROYALS
19 YANKEES 52 ASTROS-2
20 RED SOX 53 EXPOS-2
21 PADRES 54 REDS
22 ASTROS-1 55 DODGERS
23 EXPOS-1
24 RANGERS
25 ROYALS
26 REDS
27 DODGERS
28 PHILLIES-1
29 PIRATES-1
30 CUBS-1
THIRD ROUND 70 BREWERS-3
71 TWINS-3
56 DIAMONDBACKS 72 GIANTS-3
57 MARLINS 73 YANKEES
58 PHILLIES-2 74 CARDINALS-3
59 PIRATES-2 75 RED SOX
60 CUBS-2 76 DEVIL RAYS-3
61 ORIOLES-1 77 WHITE SOX-3
62 ROCKIES 78 PADRES
63 ATHLETICS 79 INDIANS-3
64 BLUE JAYS-2 80 RANGERS
65 MARINERS 81 ROYALS
66 BRAVES 82 ASTROS-3
67 ANGELS-3 83 REDS
68 TIGERS 84 EXPOS-3
69 METS 85 DODGERS
Additional rounds will be identical to
the Third Round.
The teams that were lowered are noted
by a dash and a number indicating the
round the pick originated from.
Please note that the differences in
the draft order between the first,
second and third rounds is due to how
the penalty points are applied (refer
to IRBL Rule # 13D4).
If you find any mistakes in the
penalties list or the team draft
order, please let me know by Dec. 16th
and I will make the necessary
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corrections. The team draft order will
become final (mistakes included) after
Dec. 16th.
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IRBL Rules changes:
I have made the following two IRBL
Rules changes to deal with several
issues that have arisen recently and
over this past season:
New Rule:
IRBL Rule # 32: CONTRACTION (what
happens when Major League Baseball
dissolves teams): If Major League
Baseball dissolve teams, at the end of
the last IRBL season of that dissolved
team, the corresponding IRBL team will
be dissolved with all players on those
teams released and will become
available in the next IRBL Rookie /
Free-Agent Draft. The remaining teams
will be re-aligned to match the Major
Leagues (as per IRBL Rule # 2). The
managers of those former IRBL teams
may take over any available team or be
placed on the waiting list for the
next available team. If more that one
manager loses a dissolved team, then
the order of preference for getting
another team goes to the manager whose
dissolved IRBL team's last season had
the best winning Pct. A tie in Pct.
will be broken using the following
categories in order of importance with
the best of the teams getting the
preference: record within own
division, difference between runs
scored and runs allowed, total and
then within own division, a dice roll.
Modified rule:
IRBL Rule # 29: LATE SERIES PENALTY
(LSP):
The LSP deadline has been changed from
2 weeks per LSP to one week per LSP
and the starting credit count has been
increased from 2 to 4. The original 2
week deadline was set many years ago
to allow for delays in the Post Office
system when series results were mailed
in. Now that series results are
emailed and immediately received, two
weeks is much too long. Hopefully,
this will result in more series being
submitted closer to the series date so
the number of games played per team in
the standings will be more equal.
I have included an updated copy of the
IRBL Rules.
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Delays during post-season:
It has been taking much too long to
complete all the post-season series
this year. Unfortunately, I forgot all
about the new IRBL Rule # 29B which
was added prior to the start of 2001
which issued penalties for post-season
delays so I will not enforce it this
year. This rule will be strictly
enforced next year.
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IRBL HOME TEAM WINNING PCT.
Here are the IRBL Home Team Winning
Pct. over the past few years:
1996 : .504
1997 : .529
1998 : .505
1999 : .518
2000 : .515
2001 : .496
This is the first time in the 28 IRBL
seasons where the Home Team Winning
Pct. was under .500. Considering that
the DMB game has a built-in "home-
team" advantage", this is a really an
amazing record. Does this mean that
the "computer" manager is much smarter
than the "human" manager or are many
managers playing their better players
and pitchers on the road?
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I'm sorry it took so long between
newsletters but it took a month after
the Oct. 31st deadline to get all the
remaining IRBL managers to commit for
2002. Fortunately, everyone is
returning and the two open teams
remain the ATHLETICS and MARINERS.
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New email addresses:
Ricky Diaz (PIRATES):
rldiaz@optonline.net
Mike Ranney (ASTROS):
ranjan1656@aol.com
I have included an updated IRBL
Manager Address List.
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2001 Debut Players: The DMB web site
(click on "Baseball Articles") has a
list of the 199 players who made their
Major League debuts in 2001. These
players will be in the upcoming IRBL
draft if you want to get a head start
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in preparing your draft player
selection list.
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DMB 2001 season player files:
If you have not done so already, place
your orders with the DMB Game Company
for the DMB 2001 season player files.
As soon as I receive the new files, I
will update the printed IRBL Rosters
with all the trades and distribute the
DMB sorted player files, post the 2002
IRBL Player Usage Forms (listing all
the IRBL season player limits) and I
will then set the IRBL draft date (it
will probably be on either Sunday Feb.
10th or 17th - if there is anyone that
either of these dates is bad for,
please let me know as soon as possible
and I will take that into
consideration when I make my final
decision).
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Files included on LRD # 638:
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IRBLRULE.TXT --> IRBL Rules
MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List
NEWSL638.xxx --> Newsletter # 638
PUP .Y01 --> Player Useage
Penalties
File Extension Legend (xxx):
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T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter
text format
TXT --> Viewable text format
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BK